— AI-Powered VMware Exit Migration Assessment
Take charge of your VMware strategy.
Know your Options. Own your Decsion. Exit on your Terms.
Broadcom changed the economics of VMware overnight. Helios PlatformIQ turns a months-long exit analysis into a decision you can make in days — with the data to negotiate, migrate, and save.
80%
Faster assessment
$800K+
Avg. savings identified
6+
Platforms evaluated
3–5
Scenarios per assessment
— The Urgency
The economics of VMware have fundamentally changed.
Broadcom’s acquisition rewrote enterprise virtualization pricing — almost overnight. The window to act is narrow, and enterprises that wait risk being locked into cost-prohibitive contracts with little negotiating leverage.
- Subscription costs up 3–10× — some renewals as high as 1200%
- Perpetual licensing eliminated — subscription-only going forward
- Forced bundle upgrades and compressed renewal timelines
- Evaluating the right exit is a months-long analysis most teams can't run at speed
3–10×
renewal price increases — up to 1200%
“Organizations that delay their VMware exit analysis risk $200K to $2M+ in unnecessary subscription costs while remaining locked into a vendor no longer aligned with enterprise interests.”
— The Solution
Your VMware exit — decided in days, not months.
Helios PlatformIQ is an AI-powered assessment platform purpose-built to eliminate the guesswork from VMware exit planning. It scans your full VMware estate, models every viable alternative, quantifies cost savings, scores migration risk, and generates an executive-ready roadmap — with greater accuracy, objectivity, and depth than manual approaches.
80%
Reduction in assessment time
$2M+
Potential savings identified
12+
Hypervisor & cloud platforms
3–5
Migration scenarios generated
— Core Capabilities
Four engines. One assessment.
AI Workload Discovery
Agentless, read-only API scan classifies every VM, storage volume, network, and dependency across your estate — no agents required.
Cost Modeling Engine
Detailed TCO comparisons across all viable platforms, factoring in licensing, compute, migration effort, and operational cost.
Risk Scoring
Every workload receives an AI-generated migration risk score and recommended migration wave — reducing surprises during execution.
Dependency Mapping *
Identifies hidden application interdependencies that would derail a migration — a clean dependency graph before any workload moves.
— Use Cases
Built for the moments that force the decision.
Broadcom License Renewal Shock
A 3–10× increase lands at your upcoming renewal. PlatformIQ delivers a complete exit analysis in days — the leverage you need before the deadline.
Multi-Cloud Optimization
Migrating to AWS, Azure, or GCP. PlatformIQ scores each workload’s cloud-readiness and maps optimal placement across providers.
On-Premises Hypervisor Replacement
Evaluating Nutanix, Hyper-V, or Proxmox. PlatformIQ models the full TCO delta with migration effort included.
Board-Level Cost Justification
Your CFO or board needs a data-backed business case. PlatformIQ outputs boardroom-ready ROI projections, risk matrices, and recommended scenarios.
— Why PlatformIQ
Days, not months. Starting at $5K.
Simple, instant gains — assessment outcomes in days that traditional approaches take months to produce, with greater accuracy, objectivity, and depth.
| Solution | Assessment Approach | Time to Insight | Typical Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helios PlatformIQ | AI-automated, comprehensive | Days | Starting at $5K |
| Manual internal assessment | Spreadsheet-based, siloed | 6–8 months | High labor cost |
| Traditional consulting firm | Human-led interviews | 3–6 months | $200K – $1M+ |
| Vendor-provided tools | Single-vendor scoped | Weeks | Biased toward that vendor |
— Supported Platforms
Every viable destination, evaluated.
Cloud Destinations
- Amazon Web Services — EC2 · EKS · VMware Cloud on AWS
- Microsoft Azure — Azure VMware Solution · Azure Arc
- Google Cloud — Compute Engine · GKE
On-Premises Hypervisor Alternatives
- Nutanix AHV
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI
- Proxmox VE
- OpenStack
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
— Take charge
Ready to exit VMware on your terms?
Don’t wait for your VMware renewal to catch you off guard. PlatformIQ offers you a way out before it’s too late — and saves your organization from financial strain, operational disruption, and security risk.
- Evaluate your current environment
- Discover migration options
- Detailed cost & sizing
